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Wednesday, 3 June 2015

All of us know that
residents with certain professions are allowed to bring their families to Saudi
Arabia on family visit visa. Family visit visa is normally issued for 1 to 3
months and it can be extended up to maximum 180 days. I have explained the
procedure of applying
for family visit visa in this link. Many people bring their families before
Ramadan so that they can spend Ramadan in Saudi Arabia and go to Makkah and
Madina to worship. Some people, who bring their families here during Ramadan,
also have an intention to keep them here till Hajj time. They have been asking
me questions about the procedure to get Hajj Permit for Visit Visa Holder in
Saudi Arabia. I will explain this in further detail.

Every year, Saudi Government
stops issuing family visit visas one month before Ramadan. Check the specific
dates in this regard in this link “No
more Family Visit Visas before Hajj”. Just with the beginning of Ramadan,
they stop extending family visit visas as well. The purpose of doing all this
exercise is to stop these family visit visa holders from performing Hajj. Saudi
Authorities don’t grant permission to family visit visa holders to perform hajj
in Saudi Arabia. In other words, you cannot get Hajj Permit for Family Visit
Visa Holders in Saudi Arabia.

If you have a plan to
perform Hajj without Hajj Permit, just forget about it. There are strong
penalties and deportation with permanent ban to the sponsor as well as visit
visa holders if they are caught by the authorities. If your family wants to
perform Hajj, better to ask them to apply from your country Hajj agents. This
is the only legal way for them to come for Hajj.

If any agent in Saudi
Arabia asks you to pay him money for the Hajj Permit of family visit visa
holder, don’t go for it. There is no Hajj permit for the visit visa holder and
he would be handing over fake permit to you. Don’t risk your career and job for
the sake of some money.